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The Concept of Decentralization in Document No. 1, 1984

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Joyce Kallgren
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H. F. Schurmann observed in his classic work Ideology and Organization in Communist China, “economics in a Communist country means political economics hence administration.” This observation directs our attention to two specific aspects of Document No. 1, 1984: first, the possible political consequences of decentralization and secondly, some administration reforms that have accompanied the adoption of the agricultural responsibility system. A close relationship obviously exists between the two aspects, the emphasis here being placed on the political side.

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Recent Developments
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The China Quarterly , Volume 101 , March 1985 , pp. 104 - 108
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1985

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1. Schurmann, H. F., Ideology and Organization in Communist China (Berkeley: University of California Press 1966), p. 197.Google Scholar

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3. Excerpts from the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee Document No. 1 for 1983, “Some questions concerning rural economic policy” are to be found in Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), 13 04 1983Google Scholar, k-1 (hereafter referred to as Document No. 1, 1983).

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14. Robert Bedeski of Carlton College in Canada is working on a study of the people's congresses.